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And of ȝoure newe wif god of his grace
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So graunte ȝow wele & prosperitee
ffor I wele gladly ȝildyn hire myn place
In which þat I was blysful wone to be
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ffor syth it lykyth ȝow myn lord quod sche
That whilhom were al myn hertis reste
That I schal gon .I. wele goon whan ȝow leste
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But there as ȝe me profere swych dewarye [folio 254b]
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As I fyrst brouȝte it is weel in myn mynde
It were mynne wrechede clothis no thyng fayre
The wheche to me were hard now for to fynde
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O goode god how gentyl & how kynde
ȝe semedyn be ȝoure speche & ȝoure visage
The day that makyd was oure maryage
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But soth is seyd / algate I fynde it trewe
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ffor in effect it preuede is in me
Loue is not old / as whan þat it is newe
But sertis lord for noon aduercite
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To deyen in þe cas it schal nat be
That euere in word / or werk I schal repente
That I ȝow ȝaf myn herte / with hol entente
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Myn lord ȝe wot that In myn faderys place
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ȝe dede me strype out of myn poore weede
And rychely me claddyn of ȝoure grace
To ȝow brouȝte I not ellis out of dreede
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But feyth & meknesse & maydynhede
And heere ageyn myn clothynge I restore
And ek myn weddynge ryng for euere more
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The remenaunt of ȝoure Iewellys redy bee
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In with ȝoure chaumbere that dar I sayn
Nakyd out of myn faderys hous quod sche
I cam / & nakyd I mot / turne ageyn
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